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Aziz Ansari

-currently plays Tom Haverford on NBC’s Parks & Recreation, which airs Thursdays at 8:30pm-that’s TONIGHT!!! (Also starring Saturday Night Live veteran, Amy Poehler, Parks & Recreation is brought to you by the producers of The Office.)

-also starred in films such as I Love You, Man and Observe and Report. He was most recently in Judd Apatow’s Funny People, with Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen, and is shown below on Jimmy Kimmel (July 2009) promoting the movie.

-writes for and performs in the MTV sketchcomedy series, The Human Giant.

-was born in Columbia South Carolina to Muslim Tamil Indian parents on February 23, 1983 and obtained an MBA in Marketing from NYU’s Stern School of Business in 2004. He began stand up comedy while at NYU, often performing at Upright Citizen’s Brigade, won a bunch of awards for being funny, and you can read the rest here.

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Mindy Kaling from NBC's The Office

with The Office co-star BJ Novak

Mindy Kaling at the 2009 EMMYs

famousfilipinos: (originally posted September 24, 2009)

Mindy Kaling
is a damn FUNNY woman. She currently stars as Kelly Kapoor on the Emmy-award winning, Ricky Gervais executive-produced, NBC hit show, The Office, which also stars Steve Carrell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, and Jenna Fischer among a cast of hilarious and talented comedians. Kaling also co-executive produces and writes many of the show’s episodes. [More 2009 Emmy pics of Mindy Kaling here]

Vera Mindy Chokalingam was born June 24, 1979 in Cambridge, Mass to Tamil Hindu parents from India. She attended a private high-school and subsequently graduated from Dartmouth College in 2001.

In May 2009, NBC signed a 7-figure contract with Kaling to develop and star in a new comedy while continuing to write, produce and star in The Office. This is only 5 years after first being hired to write for the show.

Named one of the Top 10 Funniest Actresses in Hollywood by Entertainment Weekly in April 2009, Kaling’s success trajectory is not only enviable, but also, and more importantly, at least as I see it, encouraging. Female, Minority, 7 figure deal with a major network, string of successful movies, and starring and producing hit prime time tv shows all by the age of 30. PHENOMENAL! ROCK IT KALING…

More interesting stories about how Kaling first got her break to star in The Office and how her character was developed here. A list of her works can be seen on her IMDB file. She also has a blog where she posts photos and talks about things she buys that she likes…aptly named “things i bought that i like”.

The new season of The Office premiered on NBC,
Thursday, September 17th, 9pm

famousfilipinos:

Margaret Cho
is one of the funniest comedians alive. Saw her stand-up live in South Hampton. Tears were streaming down my face and my tummy was sore from laughing so hard. She is definitely one of my favorites. I couldn’t even speak when I saw her walking through the East Village some 10 years ago. She is HILARITY and she rocks. Anyhooo, thanks for indulging!

Born into a Korean family in San Francisco, California^[1] December 5, 1968 as Moran Cho, Margaret is an American comedian, fashion designer, actress, author, and recording artist. Cho is best known for her stand-up routines, through which she critiques social and political problems, especially those pertaining to race, sexuality, and sex.

She starred in a 1994 ABC prime time tv sitcom, All American Girl, and won the American Comedy Award for Best Female Comedian the same year.

She has also directed and appeared in music videos and has her own clothing line. She has frequently supported gay rights, and she identifies herself as queer.^[2] She has won awards for her humanitarian efforts on behalf of women, Asians, and the LGBT community.

She has also played more serious parts such as that of John Travolta’s long-suffering FBI colleague in the action movie Face/Off.

famousfilipinos:

Alec Mapa

Has a recurring role with America Ferrera and Vanessa Williams on ABC’s emmy-award winning hit show Ugly Betty.

Alejandro Mapa (pronounced /ˈmɑːpə/ “MAH-puh”) was born in San Fransisco on July 10, 1965 and is an openly gay^[1]Filipino-American actor, comedian and writer who lends his support to various projects supporting the gay, lesbian, and Asian American communities. ROCK ON!

Mapa got his first professional break when he was cast to replace B.D. Wong in the Broadway production of M. Butterfly. On television, he has made guest appearances on a wide variety of programs, including Jamie Foxx Show, Roseanne, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue, Friends, Murder One and Dharma & Greg. He co-starred with Jason Bateman in the short-lived 2001 comedy Some of My Best Friends. He also played Adam Benet in the UPN comedy Half & Half.

famousfilipinos:

MUST. WATCH. FOR. HAHA LAUGHTER. for reals.

Jo Koy (Joseph Glenn Herbert) is a Filipino-American stand-up comic. Koy began standup comedy in 1994 at a comedy club in Las Vegas. Soon Koy moved from open mic night to a regular at Catch a Rising Star, a signature show at the MGM Grand Hotel and Casino. A talent coordinator from Los Angeles spotted Koy and landed him his first television appearance on BET’s Comic View.

Koy has opened for headlining acts of Dave Chappelle, Mike Epps, Carlos Mencia, and Snoop Dogg. American troops in Japan and Korea witnessed Koy’s energetic and physical style of comedy during a recent USO tour.

At his show in Brisbane, Australia on October 19, 2008, Koy revealed that he had been offered a Comedy Hour on Comedy Central and would soon begin filming his new show, “The Jo Koy Show”.

SWEEEEEET. Can’t wait to see it! (ah crud - i don’t have cable)

Rob Schneider

famousfilipinos:

Robert Michael “Rob” Schneider (born October 31, 1963) is an American actor, comedian, screenwriter and director. A stand-up comic and veteran of the NBC sketch-comedy series Saturday Night Live, Schneider went on to a career in feature films, including starring roles in the comedies Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and The Hot Chick.

Schneider’s father was a secular Jew, while his maternal grandmother was a Filipina who met and married Schneider’s maternal grandfather, an American army private, while he was stationed in the Philippines.

★ M.A.R.A.★

Aziz Ansari

Mindy Kaling

Margaret Cho

Alec Mapa

Rob Schneider